Dictionary definition · cheat
noun
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme"that book is a fraud"
- a deception for profit to yourself
verb
- deprive somebody of something by deceit"The con-man beat me out of $50"
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud"Who's chiseling on the side?"
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage"She cheats on her husband"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).